The race to modernize capital markets with blockchain is heating up — and Europe could be blowing its early lead to the U.S., a group of blockchain firms warned in a Thursday letter. Eight EU-regulated digital asset firms — Securitize, 21X, Boerse Stuttgart Group’s Seturion, Central Securities Depository, Lise, OpenBrick, STX and Axiology — are
ECB likely to keep interest rates unchanged as inflation eases. Policy decisions will stay flexible, with Lagarde stressing a meeting-by-meeting approach. The European Central Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged in a regular two-day policy meeting, which was announced on Thursday. This would be the fifth consecutive meeting where the ECB leaves the
Kazakhstan intends to build the Central Asian region’s first “crypto city” with support recently secured in China, local officials unveiled. The project is centered on establishing a special zone for blockchain business where even cryptocurrency payments will be possible. Kazakhstan gears up for mega ‘CryptoCity’ project The mining hotspot of Kazakhstan plans to create a
5 February 2026: Tether Investments today announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, a leading digital asset platform serving innovators and investors. The investment expands an existing relationship between the two companies and reflects a shared focus on building secure, regulated infrastructure for the next phase of digital asset adoption. Anchorage Digital
SoFi posts record quarter with $1B revenue, stronger crypto and payments push, and 2026 growth outlook as shares climb over 6% on guidance. Summary Q4 adjusted net revenue hit $1.013b, up 37% YoY, with net income at $173.5m. SoFiUSD stablecoin, Lightning Network payments, and resumed crypto trading anchor its blockchain strategy. Management guides for 30%+
Bitcoin BTC$70,390.83 fell below $70,000 as the crypto selloff deepened before the start of equities trading in the U.S. The largest cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $69.917.20 according to CoinDesk data, with sentiment sliding further into “extreme fear.” The Fear and Greed Index sits at 11, a level reached only a handful of times
The European Central Bank (ECB) is holding its two-day meeting and will announce its monetary policy decision on Thursday. The ECB is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold for the fifth consecutive meeting, leaving the main refinancing operations, the marginal lending facility, and the deposit facility at 2.15%, 2.4%, and 2%, respectively. Additionally,
Another leading Russian banking institution is joining the financial giant Sberbank in lending against cryptocurrency as collateral. Sovcombank announced a program to offer loans secured by Bitcoin amid growing demand from businesses in the industry ahead of regulation. Private Russian bank enters the promising market for crypto-backed credit A privately owned universal bank, which is